Scarf-ring



(No Model.)

G. HQFOLTS.

Scarf Ring.

No. 231,418. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. FOLTS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SCARF-RING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 231,418, dated August 24, 1880.

Application filed March 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. FoL'rs, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Applicable to Scarf- Rings and other articles of a cognate character, whereof the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a front view of a scarf-ring embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of same with the pin thrown back. Fig. 4 is a view of same in cross-section on plane as .r. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the mouth of the locking device in the locked adjustment. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the hinged clamp. The views are all enlarged.

Theletter a denotes the body of the scarf-ri n g, and b a pin hinged to one extremity thereof. The letter 0 denotes a tube fixed to the other extremity, bearing in one side the slot (1 to admit the end of the pin to its interior. Within this tube is rotarily hung the revolving tube 6, having in one side the slot 1'', which, when slots d and f are made to coincide, admits the pin to its interior, but in any other'adjustment of this revolving tube leaves no avenue for the escape of the pin, which is thereby locked into place, preventing the accidental detachment of the ring from the scarf.

The two tubes are eftectually held together and a stop provided at either limit of the proper rotary play of the inner tube by means as follows: The fixed tube 0 bears at its inner end the mortise g, and the revolving tube 0 has a lip, i, turned radially outward into this mortise, which, bearing on the bottom of the mortise, prevents the inner tube from slipping endwise in the outer tube, the outer end of the inner tube, bearing the flange i, abutting on the outer end of the fixed tube, and this lip 2' also brings up against the ends of the mortise g, to define and limit the rotary play of the inner tube. A leaflj, fixed to the outer end of the rotary tube, serves as a means of handily manipulating such tube.

The letter 70 denotes a clamp-socket borne in the body a, and l 5 denote a clamp in two parts, hinged together and fitting into the socket k, which can be used to clamp studs or other ornaments to the scarf-ring.

The pin-locking device is obviously applicable to many difi'erent articles.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination, the body a, pin 1), fixed tube 0, with its slot (l and mortise g, the rotary tube 6, with its slotf, lip or stop 2', flange i, and leaf j at its outer end, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The body a, provided with the clampsocket k, in combination with the clamp parts l l, hinged together and fitting to said socket, all substantially as herein shown and described.

GEO. H. FOLTS.

Witnesses:

W. E. SIMONDS, ROBT. F. GAYLORD. 

